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Google to sell tablet PCs directly

By : CIOL Bureau

Google may co-brand some of the tablets sold through the store and has considered subsidizing the cost of future tablets to make them more competitive with the Kindle Fire, according to the Journal report

Mobile: Panasonic to shift base out of Japan

By : CIOL Bureau

Panasonic had pulled out of overseas markets in 2005 but it plans to re-enter them in April

F Special: The Flash-Back

By : CIOL Bureau

Flash is looking to be the new Superhero on the block. Who is he after all?

‘Living’ microbot to detect diseases in future

By : CIOL Bureau

Called Cyberplasm, it will combine advanced microelectronics with latest research in biomimicry

David Marcus is PayPal’s new president

By : CIOL Bureau

The appointment shows the importance of PayPal’s push into mobile payments globally and its efforts to process transactions in physical stores, not just online

RIM to layoff senior staff: Report

By : CIOL Bureau

RIM’s shares were halted in after-market trade pending news just minutes before the smartphone company is expected to report its fourth quarter results

RIM posts loss, BlackBerry shipments slump

By : CIOL Bureau

CEO Thorsten Heins says he was still focusing on a turnaround of the company, which has been hammered by competition from Apple and Google’s Android in recent years

Apple, Foxconn to revamp China work conditions

By : CIOL Bureau

Foxconn, which makes Apple devices from the iPhone to the iPad, will hire tens of thousands of new workers, eliminate illegal overtime, improve safety protocols and upgrade worker housing and other amenities

ROADM WSS mkt to grow 15-20 pc in 2012-15

By : CIOL Bureau

Revenue for WDM ROADM-based optical equipment (not components) grew 36 per cent in 2011 from the previous year, outpacing shipments of WSS modules by a wide margin, finds Infonetics

Micron settles memory chip lawsuit with Oracle

By : CIOL Bureau

The lawsuit accused Micron Technology of hatching a “conspiracy” to increase DRAM chip prices for the period from August 1, 1998, through at least June 15, 2002, and included a claim for damages

Apple to settle patent fights with Samsung?

By : CIOL Bureau

Last April, Apple sued Samsung in a US court, alleging that the Korean maker’s smartphones and Galaxy line of tablet computers violated Apple’s patent and trademark

Saudi youth delegation meets Sachin Pilot

By : CIOL Bureau

On a 10-day visit to India since March 22, the delegation arrived in the national capital late Wednesday after a tour of technology hubs in Bangalore and Hyderabad

Technology firms awarded for innovation

By : CIOL Bureau

The winners were selected from 800 applications from across India, from sectors like nano-technology, bio-medical engineering, tele-communications and solar power under the ‘DST-Lockheed Martin India Innovation Growth Programme’

Social media content creators need protection?

By : CIOL Bureau

Speaking at a debate organised by Foundation of Media Professionals (FMP) at the India International Centre, veteran journalist R. Jagannathan held ‘vested political interests’ responsible for the attempts to curtail freedom of expression of media and censorship on social media

Google to open online tablet store

By : CIOL Bureau

The online store would offer tablets made by Samsung Electronics Co and Asustek Computer Inc based on Google’s Android software

Google tracking our each online move?

By : CIOL Bureau

Google Account Activity can also give weekly report telling you “how you spend your time per week” based on location information gleaned from GPS signals

Wi-Fi on Howrah Rajdhani from Sept 25

By : CIOL Bureau

The Railways is taking up the pilot project worth Rs. 6.30 crore to provide Wi-Fi connectivity in three rakes of the Howrah Rajdhani Express

Unitech seeks embargo on Telenor

By : CIOL Bureau

The company has urged the court to restrain Telenor for violating the shareholders agreement, and thereby allowing embargo on it for entering into partnership with any other Indian partner

Technopark to hire 65k IT professionals in 5yrs

By : CIOL Bureau

IT secretary P.H. Kurian said that currently at Technopark there are more than 35,000 professionals and in the next five years it is going to touch one lakh

Bag daily deals online, the other way round

By : CIOL Bureau

An e-commerce portal, MyDeals247, has reversed the popular model of selling products online, through establishing a real-time connect between the buyer and the seller, after the former initiates the deal that invites bids from the latter